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Fri. 8/17/12 9:30am
Doug Schulkind:
Artists being jailed in Russia, laborers being slaughtered by police in South Africa. Just like old times.

Fri. 8/17/12 9:32am
trish:
Hey, remember that time when those who were responsible for an oil spill were sentenced to jail? It was all people ever talked about... what with the emphasis on justice and all.

Fri. 8/17/12 9:38am
dcp:
"just like old times" is right. There was a protest outside the Russian embassy this morning. Guess it didn't work.

Fri. 8/17/12 9:39am
Parq:
Can I just drop in here and say that the segue from the Brazil set to this Monk was really cool?

Fri. 8/17/12 9:40am
dcp:
No there's no time for that Parq!

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Fri. 8/17/12 9:43am
Doug Schulkind:
@trish
That kind of seditious talk will get you in trouble.

Fri. 8/17/12 9:43am
Brian in UK:
I am of a similar kidney to you, Doug regarding Brazilian sounds. Still working on it.

Fri. 8/17/12 9:44am
dcp:
oh man, Reyog Ponorogo is just what I needed...

"Reog is a traditional Indonesian dance form. There are many types of Reogs in Indonesia, but the most notable ones are Reog Ponorogo (East Java) and Reog Sunda (West Java). Although both share a similar name, there is no connection nor similar theme among these traditions. Reog Ponorogo seems to be the kind of dance drama that demonstrate physical strength and extravagant lion-peafowl mask and costumes, while Reog Sunda is a lot more like a traditional musical dance drama and comedy."

Fri. 8/17/12 9:49am
dcp:
Indonesia is at the top of the list of music places to visit for me.

Fri. 8/17/12 9:51am
Hugo:
Lovely piece of music. East Java, then? Sunda music is very fine, too. I have a box of seven cassettes with an actual flute inside!

Fri. 8/17/12 10:02am
kat330:
Nice video! Is that the pants-less response to the topless activist I heard on a mix just before show's start?

Fri. 8/17/12 10:03am
holland oats:
drumma et al!

Fri. 8/17/12 10:04am
trish:
Singapore, to the north, ranks 3rd in density.
It's a city sized country NYC is both more populous and more dense

Fri. 8/17/12 10:04am
kat330:
The view that diving photog must have had -- eeeesh.

Fri. 8/17/12 10:05am
holland oats:
punk'd potus

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Fri. 8/17/12 10:05am
Doug Schulkind:
@kat330
That topless activist will be a guest on the next Seven Second Delay on WFMU, Wednesday at 7pm.

Fri. 8/17/12 10:06am
kat330:
Actually, Doug, I'm so tardy to the party it's middle of the morning. What I've already accomplished since 6 am would put a Marine to shame. [not really, just keeeding]

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Fri. 8/17/12 10:07am
Doug Schulkind:
@kat330
I hear you have shamed countless marines. I consider you a great patriot.

Fri. 8/17/12 10:09am
kat330:
And yes, we heard that on 7SD Wed. eve. One of her points -- and yes, I realize she has two -- was that men are allowed to go topless so women should, too. However, many men wisely choose not to, and many more *should* wisely choose not to. The same ratio of who should and shouldn't would apply to the female population. :)

Fri. 8/17/12 10:13am
Hugo:
My memories of Isan are hot and dry. Having a Singha at hand does help, though. As this was during Thai New Year clebrations, drenched farangs were a common sight, not something to raise local eyebrows. One guy entering the hotel we were staying at in Nong Khai was literally dripping.

Fri. 8/17/12 10:17am
Brian in UK:
Scott has just played some Kink Gong.

Fri. 8/17/12 10:18am
duke:
Unnecessary noise allowed here.

Fri. 8/17/12 10:19am
?:
Pussy Riot sentenced to two years in prison for hooliganism motivated by religious hatred

Fri. 8/17/12 10:32am
Hugo:
@Doug: Pretty high up on the list, yes. Thanks for Ken V.

Fri. 8/17/12 10:32am
The Devil Wears Pravda:
Kasparov is a mere pawn of the subversives and the authorities will keep him in check.

Fri. 8/17/12 10:34am
kat330:
This is great! I just recorded what I call my "Warm Up Mix Up" yesterday -- some overlap here minus instrument.

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Fri. 8/17/12 10:34am
Doug Schulkind:
I changed the title to today's playlist (it was "Nam that tune") in honor of today's verdict in Moscow.

Fri. 8/17/12 10:35am
kat330:
Heh! Appropriate on all fronts!

Fri. 8/17/12 10:38am
Hugo:
The closing statement by one of the defendants in the Russian court case referred to above was quite good, I thought, and correctly predicted the verdict. Not that it takes much to do that.

Was the act of Pussy Riot cynical? There are two kinds of cynicism: the bitter cynicism of the oppressed which unmasks the hypocrisy of those in power, and the cynicism of the oppressors themselves who openly violate their own proclaimed principles. The cynicism of Pussy Riot is of the first kind, while the cynicism of those in power — why not call their authoritarian brutality a Prick Riot — is of the much more ominous second kind.

Fri. 8/17/12 10:55am
lewis:
@Doug - and it has happened more than once: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage

Fri. 8/17/12 10:57am
still b/p:
Lewis beat me to the Phineas reference. Interesting that just a few years ago a Daguerreotype of him was freshly identified.

Fri. 8/17/12 10:58am
ricardo montalban:
I still have yet to hear what Pussy Riot's music sounds like. I'm just too lazy to look up a YouTube video or something. Maybe I'm cynical, but I imagine it being really bland Eastern European rock.

Fri. 8/17/12 11:04am
Elton:
Everything on her and about her is slipping.

Fri. 8/17/12 11:04am
Carmichael:
Hugo, what do you think of Saigon beer? Or Tsingtao?

Fri. 8/17/12 11:05am
?:
Madonna already did.

"Pop star Madonna last week performed Pussy Riot-style in a face mask and with the group's name on her back during a packed Moscow gig.

"Everyone has the right to free speech, everywhere in the world. Maria, Katya, Nadia, I pray for you," Madonna said at Tuesday's concert, according to RIA Novosti. "They did something brave with their action. And I am praying for their freedom.""

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Fri. 8/17/12 11:05am
Doug Schulkind:
@Lewis
I remember reading about that OTHER rebar-through-the-head story. If this doesn't scream "Intelligent Design," I don't know what does.

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Fri. 8/17/12 11:07am
Doug Schulkind:
@Holland
According to my notes (yes, I keep notes) I've played a track from this LP every two years since 2008. See y'all in 2014!!

Fri. 8/17/12 11:10am
ricardo montalban:
@?: Thanks! I was starting to worry.
I think the first female popstar to come out on their behalf was MIA, then Peaches. Not that lots of folks haven't been supportive.

Fri. 8/17/12 11:21am
Carmichael:
@Hugo: Thanks for the opinion, not knowing specifically where you reside. Saigon is a dry lager, I think closer to Asahi than Tsingtao. OTOH, I almost exclusively drink ales for some reason. IPAs and pale ales.

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Fri. 8/17/12 11:22am
Doug Schulkind:
Couldn't resist playing "Mind Train" even though I just played it (7 months ago).

Fri. 8/17/12 11:24am
Webhamster Henry:
I met Nam June Paik a few times, but he kept his pants on.

Fri. 8/17/12 11:24am
Hugo:
I will be sipping Kenyan beer (and South African wine) for the next two weeks. Not too bad.

@Hi Holly
The Pussy Riot verdict is, in some ways, a huge win. Three courageous activists will lose their liberty for some portion of two years, but the world has gained something huge in the bargain. They will emerge from prison with more power than they entered.

@Artie
Ding ding ding ding, we have a winner... Please stop by the studio after the show for your GTDS Kewpie doll.

Fri. 8/17/12 11:32am
kat330:
A grasshopper goes into a bar. The 'tender says, "Say, we have a drink named after you!" The 'hopper reples: "You have a drink called Bob?"

Fri. 8/17/12 11:33am
kat330:
[not after the Kewpie, Artie, you just brought that old chestnut to mind -- train ]

Fri. 8/17/12 11:33am
ricardo montalban:
@Doug: in some ways, I think you're right re; Pussy Riot, in that it sort of shines a big spotlight on Putin as the dictator that he is.

Fri. 8/17/12 11:34am
Brian in UK:
This is a new one on me.
Igor Kim, told the BBC News website from Moscow: "Shouting and screaming and spreading hate in Church is unacceptable and is contrary with Christian ethics."

Fri. 8/17/12 11:35am
Alex in Illinois:
Soo s p ac ey! I'm glad the streetcar never arrived, because it probably was not as much fun as this Mind Train. But that house was not such a bad place to wait for it.

Fri. 8/17/12 11:46am
dcp:
can some one please figure out how many times Nam June Paik dropped his drawers during this show?

Fri. 8/17/12 11:48am
Brian in UK:
Well look at you too Jeff.

Where has the time gone.

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Fri. 8/17/12 11:48am
Doug Schulkind:
GIVE THE DRUMMER RADIO PROGRAMMING ALERT...
Coming up in 13 minutes here on the stream, another edition of A Rough Mix from Steinski. Continue the conversation on the playlist over

Fri. 8/17/12 11:49am
Brian in UK:
dcp that reminds me of an old expression from this side of the water. Drop your drawers and the moneys yours.

Fri. 8/17/12 11:50am
Van in DC:
Good show, thanks for Mind Train Doug! As you asked seven months ago, "Does it get any better than Mind Train?" Have good weekend.

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Fri. 8/17/12 11:51am
Doug Schulkind:
There are a number of compilations that have Docteur Nico's "Yokolo, pt. 1," but apparently Part 2 is exceedingly rare. All hail the blog Likembe for delivering the goods!

Fri. 8/17/12 11:51am
Jeff G:
GETATCHEW NEW RECORD ALERT: His (last?) record with The Ex (and Friends), just out this year on Terp, and just picked up by yours truly, IS TOTALLY GREAT. There's a bonus CD with Getatchew playing with the ICP.